Yearly Archives: 1999

Comments to White House Task Force on Hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico

 Download PDF It is no secret that public opinion drives policy. But it is a national scandal when those describing themselves and presenting themselves to legislators and the public as “scientists” abandon their ethical responsibilities to scientific method by subscribing … Continue reading

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Dairy Compacts Set Poor Trade Precedent

Dave Juday Farm Journal Guest Viewpoint Some dairy farmers are pursuing misguided regional compacts that could inflict further harm on struggling sectors of U.S. agriculture. Compacts set the price processors must pay for milk in a region. Already there is … Continue reading

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Europe Engaged In A Phony War On Biotechnology

Dennis T. Avery EU Selfishly Hides Behind Farm Trade Barriers While Attacking Scientific Advances In The Fight Against Hunger CHURCHVILLE, Va.–Europe’s govern-ments, after frightening their own consumers about the safest food supply in world history, are now making a huge … Continue reading

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Infantile Methemoglobinemia: Reexamining the Role of Drinking Water Nitrates

Download PDF Ingestion of nitrates in drinking water has long been thought to be a primary cause of acquired infantile methemoglobinemia, often called blue baby syndrome. However, recent research and a review of historical cases offer a more complex picture … Continue reading

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Sour, Curdled, and Gross: How Congress got milk wrong

Dave Juday REPRINTED WITH PERMISSION by National Review Of all the issues that Congress deals with, perhaps none is less glamourous to members than agriculture policy. As Senator Pat Roberts (R-KS) noted last year, some of his colleagues “don’t even … Continue reading

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Scaring Consumers Away from Good Health

Alex A. Avery The Environmental Protection Agency, in its zeal to rid the world of pesticides, fails to mention the hazards of dangerous strains of food-borne pathogens that may be present in organically grown “natural” foods. Featured at your local … Continue reading

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Bangladesh Still Floods, But No Longer Starves

Dennis T. Avery Bangladesh Is Opening Its Doors To Industrialization And Beginning To Thrive CHURCHVILLE, Va.–Bangladesh had the worst floods in its history last year. In other words, the country suffered its worst flooding since Noah stepped off the Ark. … Continue reading

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Dispel myths about the danger of nitrates

Alex A. Avery This spring, the Register printed an editorial warning of the dangers to “infants and pregnant women” of nitrates in Des Moines’ drinking water and calling for more responsible farming to stop “the problem at the source.” While … Continue reading

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Who’ll Stop The Rain?

Richard A. Halpern Early next year, the President must submit to Congress a plan to mitigate environmental damages in the Gulf of Mexico that no one can find, and to restore economic losses to Gulf fisheries that no one has … Continue reading

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Wallace Institute Got it Wrong

Center for Global Food Issues CDC Data DOES Indicate Higher Risk from Organic and Natural Foods On February 3rd, 1999, the Henry A. Wallace Institute for Alternative Agriculture issued a press release (“Contrary to Avery Article, CDC Has Never Conducted … Continue reading

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